It's Hard to Believe

Saturday the seventh of December, Alice's first birthday party in the party room downstairs. Dona Marta's cake has a brown dog with one white ear on it, Alice says his name, and the neighbour who hears everything is the last to know. Mauro from the ninth floor arrives with a complaint and a drum, Susan wins Christmas at last, Tom has retired, and Grandpa Zecka's bell has a new rule. In the middle of the song, Fernanda calls, Sao Paulo has approved the office, and they want Daniel to run it. Review the whole level, and say "a year. It's hard to believe".

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THE STORY

Saturday the seventh of December, twenty thirty, four in the afternoon, the party room on the ground floor of the building in Botafogo, where the residents' meeting was in June. Balloons, a table of chocolate sweets, both families, the godparents, the neighbours, and Pipoca under the table. Alice turned one on Wednesday, the day Susan and Tom landed, and Bia's parents drove down yesterday. Dona Marta comes out of the lift with the cake. At five, Susan brings up Christmas, and in the middle of the birthday song, Daniel's phone rings. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

In this lesson, you’ll learn to

Say "nobody has offered me cake" and "so that she makes noise by day, and sleeps at night"
Say "this year, Christmas is in Chicago", "I waited a year to hear that" and "I retired in November"
Say "sorry to call on a Saturday", "Sao Paulo has approved the office" and "they want you to run the office"
Ask "can you give me an answer by New Year?" and report it, "she asked if I'd give an answer by New Year"
Say "for whoever turns one" and "she's going to walk when her father isn't at home"
Use everything from Advanced Level One, and say "a year. It's hard to believe"

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me ofereceumee oh-feh-reh-SAY-oooffered me

Ninguém me ofereceu bolo.neeng-GAYNG mee oh-feh-reh-SAY-oo BOH-looNobody has offered me cake.

fazer barulho de diafah-ZEHR bah-ROOL-yoo djee DJEE-ahmake noise by day

Para ela fazer barulho de dia. E dormir de noite.PAH-rah EH-lah fah-ZEHR bah-ROOL-yoo djee DJEE-ah. ee door-MEER djee NOY-tcheeSo that she makes noise by day. And sleeps at night.

Para quem chega. Para quem casa. E para quem faz um ano.PAH-rah kayng SHAY-gah. PAH-rah kayng KAH-zah. ee PAH-rah kayng fahs oong AH-nooFor whoever arrives. For whoever marries. And for whoever turns one.

andarahn-DARto walk

quando o pai não estiver em casaKWAHN-doo oo py nowng ehs-tchee-VEHR ayng KAH-zahwhen her father isn't at home

Ela vai andar quando o pai não estiver em casa.EH-lah vy ahn-DAR KWAHN-doo oo py nowng ehs-tchee-VEHR ayng KAH-zahShe's going to walk when her father isn't at home.

Esse ano, o Natal é em Chicago.EH-see AH-noo, oo nah-TOW eh ayng shee-KAH-gooThis year, Christmas is in Chicago.

Eu esperei um ano para ouvir isso!EH-oo ehs-peh-RAY oong AH-noo PAH-rah oh-VEER EE-sooI waited a year to hear that!

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